This is in the middle of 143.

这在143页的中间
"Those things that you wrote in your letter about your grandmother

"你在信中所写的关于你祖母的事
made me remember how you told me on Augustine's steps

让我想起在奥古斯丁的阶梯上你曾告诉我
about when you would sit under her dress,

当你坐在她裙下的时候
and how that presented you safety and peace.

感到了安全平和
I must confess that I became melancholy then and still

我必须承认这使我变得郁闷
am melancholy.

而且一直郁闷着
I was also very moved--

我同样十分感动于
is this how you use it?--

这就是你写这个的目的吗
by what you wrote about how impossible it

你所写的你祖母失去了丈夫
must have been for your grandmother to be a mother without a husband.

对她而言成为一个母亲是多么重要的事情
It is amazing, yes, how your grandfather survived so much

令人意外的是你祖父那么困难的幸存下来